Comments on: More eldritch ant horror!

By: Ray

Ray — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:35:26 +0000

“Fascinating and horrific. It would seem that Cordyceps’s creator is an evil genius… or maybe just an indifferent tinkerer with waaay too much time on his hands.” – Either way would be interesting to figure out how exactly it does it. Must be some sort of hormones or something

By: Cordyceps on the brain « The Hyphal Tip

Cordyceps on the brain « The Hyphal Tip — Tue, 29 Nov 2011 20:44:49 +0000

[...] recent paper looking at the consistency of the symptoms of zombie ants. The article also mentions Carl Zimmer’s post on the same paper in more [...]

By: Matt B.

Matt B. — Fri, 20 May 2011 17:16:12 +0000

Ooh, “extended phenotype” is such a great concept.

“those animals like to graze when it’s cool out”
Somebody should look into whether temperature affects humans’ hunger, and if so, whether air conditioning is making Americans fat.

By: Kurt Stallings

Kurt Stallings — Tue, 10 May 2011 18:11:51 +0000

I think a mutation of this fungus infected the Los Angeles Lakers recently.

By: David B. Benson

David B. Benson — Tue, 10 May 2011 04:57:16 +0000

High noon, hmmm?

By: Quinn O'Neill

Quinn O'Neill — Mon, 09 May 2011 21:56:02 +0000

Fascinating and horrific. It would seem that Cordyceps’s creator is an evil genius… or maybe just an indifferent tinkerer with waaay too much time on his hands.

By: Cyc

Cyc — Mon, 09 May 2011 19:00:43 +0000

Flies, fungi, flukes (why do they all start with an ‘F’?), ants really do seem to be loved by behavior altering parasites, poor things.